Random Hailie and Seth Pictures

I always end up with tons of pictures of Hailie and Seth whenever we visit Kansas for numerous reasons.

1. They are absolutely adorable and who wouldn't want to take tons of pictures.
2. They are constantly doing funny things that are picture worthy.
3. They love having their picture taken

These are some of my favorites that I didn't put in other posts so I thought I'd just throw them together.

Seth's lemon face. (He loves lemons.)
Hailie got herself dolled up to lip sync a little Justin Bieber.

Seth had to suit up for the occasion.
This is one of a series of photos. The kids are at a stage where they want to make funny faces so you end up taking them over and over and over again trying to get a normal one. Thank goodness for digital.

Seth got a new haircut and we decided to put some gel in and give him a faux hawk.
Really really really cute.
Seth practicing his cartwheel.

Go K-State. I let him get the flag.

Hailie in her new rain boots (she insisted on wearing them in the heat....we did bring flip flops along thank goodness!)

One more group shot!

Thomas and Serena's Wedding!

I'm very happy to finally be working on this post. It has taken me forever to get to this point and it will feel good to be almost caught up (at least for a little bit).

It is hard to believe it has been nearly a month since the wedding.

I thought this was a great picture of Thomas being chill right before the wedding. This is just a little after an epic battle of Nerf guns that all the boys had in the house.

We weren't allowed to take pictures during the ceremony, but it was absolutely beautiful. Serena looked amazing in her dress and it was a lovely service.

Afterward we were definitely ready to eat and begin dancing. Doesn't Kevin look handsome in his tuxedo?
I took a few pictures during Thomas and Serena's first dance, but unfortunately they didn't really turn out that well. I did get a good one of Kevin and Serena during the dollar dance though. Isn't she stunning?


Carli and I were the cake servers. The caterers took care of everything and we just sort of became the "cake monitors" until we finally just went back to dancing. We were really good at the monitoring though.

While watching the garter toss I remembered that it was Thomas who caught the garter at our wedding. Too bad none of the other brother's caught it this time. Patti, Serena, and I need a little more estrogen to help even things out a bit.

The dance was so much fun despite the heat. The air was on, but it was just so hot outside that it just couldn't keep up with all the people getting their groove on. We didn't care how sweaty we got....we just kept dancing!


It was a fantastic wedding dance and we had such a good time. I know Kevin really enjoyed having the chance to see some old friends he hadn't seen since our wedding. We are very excited to welcome Serena to the family and we wish Thomas and Serena the best during this amazing time in their lives.

Rehearsal Dinner

We spent the morning hauling things to the church, setting up tables, and decorating for the reception and rehearsal dinner. It was a little hectic early on, but once we got into a groove everything came together beautifully. The rehearsal dinner was lovely and we all enjoyed the slide show (and the food).

The bride, groom, Mom, and Dad.


My new sister-in-law! I'm so happy to have Serena joining the family! She is wonderful and I look forward to getting to know her better.
After the rehearsal dinner we had to finish up a few of the tables to get them ready for the reception the next day.
We were polishing the candle holder, but then couldn't get it back together. The Kevin's had to step in and help us out. I think it ended up taking a couple more people, but eventually they did it.
With the hot temps outside it got a little warm inside as well. We were trying to locate a few people when we stumbled upon them in the walk in fridge listening to music.
Cheese!
There were so many people helping and it was wonderful having a chance to catch up with those who we hadn't seen in years!
After we finished up at the church Kevin's brothers and few friends were headed out for a bit. It was fantastic to be able to just sit, laugh, talk, and relax. It has been so long since we've all had a chance to go out together and we had so much fun. I thought it warranted another collage.


Next post...The Wedding!!!!!

Father's Day Take 2

To celebrate Father's Day with the Kent side of the family we headed over to the Kent house. We were excited to spend some time together before the craziness of the next couple of days with wedding details. I was also very excited to see all the dogs...including the new puppy Jackie.

Scott playing with the cutest little dog in the world.
I finally got Kevin to smile normally for a picture and Thomas had to do the opposite. I guess it runs in the family :)
Joe and Kevin helping out with dessert.

Happy Father's Day!

After dinner we played a few games including Balderdash. We always have a good time laughing and teasing each other.
James decided not to join us so he could take a nap. Joe and Kevin tried to wake him up but he wouldn't budge. They wanted to put food on his face, but they were stopped before the cool whip came out. Gotta love brothers.
I didn't get a very good picture of Ebbie, but I had to post this adorable picture of Bella.
And of course cute little Jackie. I wanted to take her home with me, but I'm pretty sure there may have been a few objections from various people.

Girl Time

One of the goals I had for our week back was to get Lindsey, Kara, and Heather together at the same time for a mini reunion. Since we failed to coordinate all of us last March we were fairly determined to make it happen.

We met up for dinner and had the best time catching up on everything from work, relationships, kids, etc. It was absolutely wonderful being with these amazing ladies again and the time flew by way too quickly.

Kara is working on her Masters and teaching 3rd grade. Lindsey is working on a new career direction in the travel business.

Heather is busy being a Mom and working at Core First bank as a branch manager.
We literally talked for hours. I'm pretty sure our waitress was sort of perturbed by our non stop gabbing (but we were basically the only customers there so I don't know why she had the nerve to act annoyed)
The next day was my day to spend with my Mom. She had to work the two days before and I was really looking forward to a little one on one time with my mommy.

We had stayed up late the night before talking so we sort of got a late start to the day. First we went by her work and I got to look around her lab and see a few familiar faces as well as a few new. I really enjoyed seeing the lab from a different perspective. Since I've been working in the lab now, it was cool to see a different lab with the eyes of a CLS/MLS/Med Tech (whatever you want to call it).

Afterward we headed out to O'Dooley's for lunch. It was lovely catching up in person rather than over the phone.

We always manage to have a good time together. Our next stop was for a mani/pedi. It was my belated Mother's Day gift to Mom. I wish I'd taken a picture of the cutest daisy Mom got on her big toe. It was adorable!
Later in the week I went to lunch with Mom and Cheryl. It was a really nice lunch and it was great that we could go out just the three of us for an afternoon.I'm slowly getting around to the rest of the week in Kansas so bear with me as I try to get caught up!

Swimming, video games, and movies

The kid's had been really looking forward to seeing Kevin the week we were back. Seth especially had been desperately wanting to have someone to play and talk about Super Mario Bros with.

Kevin and Seth working on world 8 to beat Bowser at the last castle.
We took Dad and the kid's to go and see the new Karate Kid movie. We were going to watch Toy Story 3, but both Hailie and Seth preferred Karate Kid so we went for it. Both kids were doing karate movies in their seats before the movie ended. Very cute. We went home and re-enacted a few of the scenes. (With the help of Kevin the kids were able to flip over on one leg in the air.)
More Mario while we were waiting for the rain to clear up so we could head to the pool.
I was wanting to swim with Hailie and Seth and we were so happy that the storm did clear up. We headed over to the Gage pool. I hadn't been there since before they added all the slides, etc and I really enjoyed it. Hailie and Seth had a blast with Kevin and it was such a fun day.

Kevin going down the slide.
Hailie is pretty comfortable in the water. Seth, on the other hand, wouldn't put his head under water (even though he has done it before). We kept trying to get him to do it but he is one stubborn guy. By the end of the day though, he was not only putting his head under water, but swimming under our legs. I guess he'll only do it when he feels like it.

Selie's Restaurant

We wanted to do a little something for Mom and Dad by making them dinner. During the planning we decided to create a restaurant to provide all of their dining needs. Hence the creation of Selie's Restaurant (Seth + Halie = Selie's).

Here is our hostess/waitress and one of the chefs.


Hailie was so cute serving a little pre-dinner drink to Dad.
We were supposed to have a Maitre d', but he got tired and didn't show up for his shift.
Hostess Hailie seating our customers.
Our restaurant is very exclusive and we offer limited choices due to their high quality.
Ta-dah!
The customers wished to dine with the staff so we joined them.
Seth finally woke up and decided to join us. After he ate we were all ready for a game of marbles. We've tried to play last Thanksgiving, but we never got around to it. This time we had to fit in a game.
The boys won the first game and we didn't think we had time for another. We finally decided to go for it and it was a good thing we did.

The game was one of epoch proportions. We were going back and forth with the lead for awhile, but the boys had Seth on their team and he was a rolling maniac. Kevin and Dad would tell Seth to roll a certain combination and he would roll something close to what they said. Most of the time his roll was even better than what they asked for. It came down to the end of the game, but with Seth rolling like that we couldn't quite take them.

The winners.
Our poor losing team.